UNSPSC 50595605: Dried Non GMO purple potatoes

The variety of Non GMO potatoes known as Non GMO purple potatoes that have been dried for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50595605 Dried Non GMO purple potatoes is a Commodity code that names a specific agricultural product, but state and local governments purchasing under this code are typically sourcing it as one item within much larger food-service and school-nutrition contracts spanning hundreds of line items across produce, proteins, dairy, and prepared foods. Recent solicitations show that when dried purple potatoes appear, they are bundled into comprehensive grocery or fresh-produce bids serving school districts, senior-care facilities, and state-supported living centers. The issuing bodies are school districts, county boards of education, county commissioners' offices, state health and human services agencies, and municipal departments of public purchases. These buyers source food under this code primarily to support National School Lunch Program compliance, Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program delivery, senior meal services, and institutional food service operations; all solicitations impose Buy American provisions requiring a minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content, HACCP food-safety plans, nutritional-standards compliance, and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act adherence where applicable.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and Texas. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia; Hillsborough County in Florida; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; the State of Georgia; and Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi have all posted recent food-procurement solicitations in June 2026. Representative recent opportunities include Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items (response due June 30, 2026) supporting the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, and Hancock County's IFB for fresh produce spanning 200 line items (response due June 26, 2026) for the 2026–27 school year. Texas HHS posted an IFB for food and consumables serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center with historical annual spend of $1.5 million (response due July 13, 2026); Hillsborough County requested bids for senior meal preparation and delivery with an estimated three-year value of $17,832,659.90 (response due June 25, 2026). Dried purple potatoes do not appear explicitly in any recent posting, suggesting the code sees minimal standalone procurement activity and entry typically occurs only when vendors respond to broad commodity aggregates.